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1 " When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death?Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said. "
― Sophocles , Sophocles II: Ajax / Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4)
2 " But when a god strikes harm, a worse man often foils his better. "
3 " ODYSSEUS I cannot recommend a rigid spirit. "
4 " What men have seen they know; but what shall come hereafter no man before the event can see, 1420 nor what end waits for him. "
5 " Look well at this, and speak no towering word yourself against the gods, nor walk too grandly because your hand is weightier than another’s, 130 or your great wealth deeper founded. One short day inclines the balance of all human things to sink or rise again. Know that the gods love men of steady sense and hate the wicked. "